should not decide it in favor of a superior . . . nobody should take bribes. . . . Do whatever is right." In , the spies reported that the Canaanites were taller than they were. A 13th century BCE Egyptian text told that Bedouin in Canaan were 4 or 5 cubits (6 or 7½ feet) from nose to foot. Deuteronomy chapter 2 and 28 refer to the "children of Anak" (, yelidei ha-anak), refers to the "sons of Anak" (, benei anak), and , , , and refer to the "Anakim" (). John A. Wilson suggested that the Anakim may be related to the Iy-‘anaq geographic region named in Middle Kingdom Egyptian (19th to 18th century BCE) pottery bowls that had been inscribed with the names of enemies and then shattered as a kind of curse. Dennis Pardee suggested that the Rephaim cited in , 20; , 13 (as well as ; ) may be related to a name in a 14th century BCE Ugaritic text. Inner-Biblical interpretation The parashah has parallels or is discussed in these Biblical sources: Deuteronomy chapter 1 The Book of Numbers ends in with similar wording to the beginning of Deuteronomy in . ends: "These are the commandments and the judgments which the Lord commanded the children of Israel by the hand of Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho." begins: "These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side of the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain opposite Suph, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab." The Pulpit Commentary taught that the wording serves to distinguish the two books: The ending of Numbers indicates that what precedes it is occupied chiefly with what God spoke to Moses, while the beginning of Deuteronomy intimates that what follows is what Moses spoke to the people. This characterizes Deuteronomy as "emphatically a book for the people." Exodus and both tell the story of appointment of judges. Whereas in , Moses implies that he decided to distribute his duties, makes clear that Jethro suggested the idea to Moses and persuaded him of its merit. And and both report the burden on Moses of leading the people. Whereas in , the solution is heads of tribes, thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, in , the solution is 70 elders. In , Moses reported that God had multiplied the Israelites